| 質問 | [しつもん, shitsumon] (n, vs, adj-no) question; inquiry; enquiry; (P) #107 [Add to Longdo] |
| 水 | [みず, mizu] (n) (1) (See 湯・ゆ・1) water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); (2) fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; (3) flood; floodwaters; (4) (See 力水) water offered to sumo wrestlers just prior to a bout; (5) (See 水入り) break granted to sumo wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout; (P) #197 [Add to Longdo] |
| 番 | [ばん, ban] (n) (1) number (in a series); (2) (one's) turn; (3) watch; guard; lookout; (4) bout, match (sumo) #456 [Add to Longdo] |
| 場所 | [ばしょ, basho] (n) (1) place; location; spot; position; (2) room; space; (3) basho (sumo wrestling tournament); (P) #669 [Add to Longdo] |
| 公演 | [こうえん, kouen] (n, vs) (1) public performance; (2) sumo exhibition in a foreign country; (P) #900 [Add to Longdo] |
| 変化 | [へんげ, henge] (n, vs) (1) change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis; (2) variety; diversity; (3) inflection; declension; conjugation; (4) sidestepping (sumo); (P) #1,435 [Add to Longdo] |
| 李(P);酸桃 | [すもも(P);スモモ, sumomo (P); sumomo] (n) Japanese plum; prune; Prunus salicina; (P) #1,459 [Add to Longdo] |
| 部屋 | [へや, heya] (n) (1) room; (2) (abbr) (See 相撲部屋) sumo stable; (P) #1,762 [Add to Longdo] |
| 関 | [ぜき, zeki] (suf) (hon) (abbr) (See 関取) honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division sumo wrestlers #1,952 [Add to Longdo] |
| 綱 | [つな, tsuna] (n) (1) rope; (2) sumo grand champion's braided belt; (P) #2,170 [Add to Longdo] |
| 中日 | [なかび, nakabi] (n) the middle day (esp. of a sumo tournament or play running for a set number of days) #2,268 [Add to Longdo] |
| 割(P);割り(P) | [わり, wari] (n, n-suf) (1) rate; ratio; proportion; percentage; (2) profit; (3) assignment; (4) 10%; unit of ten percent; (5) sumo match; schedule of sumo matches; (n-suf) (6) (See 水割り・1) diluted with (of drinks); mixed with; (P) #3,105 [Add to Longdo] |
| 相撲(P);角力 | [すもう(P);すまい(相撲)(ok), sumou (P); sumai ( sumou )(ok)] (n) (1) sumo wrestling; (2) (abbr) (See 相撲取り) sumo wrestler; rikishi; (P) #3,426 [Add to Longdo] |
| 取る | [とる, toru] (v5r, vt) (1) to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to choose; (2) (See 盗る) to steal; (3) (See 摂る) to eat; to have (a meal); (4) (also written as 脱る) to remove (one's glasses, etc.); (5) to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play; (P) #3,830 [Add to Longdo] |
| 力士 | [りきし, rikishi] (n) (1) sumo wrestler; rikishi; (2) strong man; (P) #4,852 [Add to Longdo] |
| 決める(P);極める | [きめる, kimeru] (v1, vt) (1) to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; (2) to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); (3) to persist in doing; to go through with; (4) (as 決めている) to always do; to have made a habit of; (5) to take for granted; to assume; (6) to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; (7) to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; (8) { MA } to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); (P) #4,966 [Add to Longdo] |
| 大相撲 | [おおずもう, oozumou] (n) professional sumo wrestling; (P) #5,102 [Add to Longdo] |
| 師匠 | [ししょう, shishou] (n) (1) master; teacher; (2) sumo coach who owns his stable; (P) #5,868 [Add to Longdo] |
| 寄り | [より, yori] (n) (1) pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters (sumo); (suf) (2) having a tendency towards; being close to #6,405 [Add to Longdo] |
| 横綱 | [よこづな, yokoduna] (n) yokozuna (sumo grand champion); (P) #7,135 [Add to Longdo] |
| 大関 | [おおぜき, oozeki] (n) sumo wrestler of second highest rank; (P) #7,852 [Add to Longdo] |
| 一門 | [いちもん, ichimon] (n) (1) family; clan; kin; (2) sect; school; adherents; followers; disciples; (3) group of related sumo stables; (P) #9,312 [Add to Longdo] |
| コスモス | [kosumosu] (n) cosmos; (P) #9,399 [Add to Longdo] |
| 踏切(P);踏切り(P);踏み切り;踏み切 | [ふみきり, fumikiri] (n) (1) railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing; (2) starting line; scratch; (3) determination; (4) stepping over the edge of the ring (in sumo); (P) #9,633 [Add to Longdo] |
| 呼び出し(P);呼出し;呼出(io) | [よびだし, yobidashi] (n, vs) (1) (See 呼び出す・よびだす・1) call; summons; (n) (2) sumo usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; (3) (abbr) (See 呼び出し電話) telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (4) (arch) (See 陸湯) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (5) (arch) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (6) (arch) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period); (P) #9,734 [Add to Longdo] |
| 回し(P);廻し | [まわし, mawashi] (n, n-suf) sumo wrestler's loincloth; (P) #9,783 [Add to Longdo] |
| 枚数 | [まいすう, maisuu] (n) (1) the number of flat things; (2) win-loss difference which influences the ranking of sumo wrestlers; (P) #10,314 [Add to Longdo] |
| 上手 | [じょうず(P);じょうて;じょうしゅ, jouzu (P); joute ; joushu] (adj-na, n) (1) upper part; (n) (2) (かみて only) upper stream; upper course of a river; (3) (かみて only) right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); (adj-na, n) (4) (うわて only) skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons); (n) (5) (うわて only) over-arm grip on opponent's belt (sumo) #10,556 [Add to Longdo] |
| 番付(P);番附;番付け(io) | [ばんづけ, banduke] (n) ranking of entertainers, sumo wrestlers, etc.; (P) #10,596 [Add to Longdo] |
| 金星 | [きんぼし, kinboshi] (n) (1) dazzling victory; (2) win of rank-and-file sumo wrestler over the grand champion; (P) #10,740 [Add to Longdo] |
| 幕内 | [まくうち, makuuchi] (n) (See 幕の内) highest-ranking sumo division; (P) #10,992 [Add to Longdo] |
| 親方 | [おやかた(P);おやがた, oyakata (P); oyagata] (n) (1) (おやかた only) (hon) (See 子方・こかた・2) master; boss; chief; foreman; supervisor; (2) (おやかた only) (hon) stable master (sumo); (3) (おやかた only) (hon) craftsman; artisan; (4) (arch) foster parent; (P) #11,145 [Add to Longdo] |
| 木戸 | [きど, kido] (n) (1) wicket gate; wooden door; (2) entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.); (P) #11,729 [Add to Longdo] |
| 下手 | [へた, heta] (n) (1) humble position; inferior; (2) underarm grip on opponent's belt (sumo); (P) #11,812 [Add to Longdo] |
| 安物 | [やすもの, yasumono] (n, adj-no) cheap article; poor quality article; (P) #11,950 [Add to Longdo] |
| 前頭 | [まえがしら, maegashira] (n, adj-no) rank-and-file wrestlers in sumo's highest division; (P) #12,879 [Add to Longdo] |
| 幕下 | [まくした, makushita] (n) third highest sumo division; wrestlers of the third highest sumo division; (P) #12,964 [Add to Longdo] |
| 土俵 | [どひょう, dohyou] (n) (1) arena, esp. in sumo; (2) forum (e.g. for discussion); (3) sandbag; gabion; (P) #13,192 [Add to Longdo] |
| 筈(P);弭 | [はず, hazu] (n) (1) (uk) expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be; (2) nock (of a bow); (3) nock (of an arrow); (4) (See はず押し・はずおし) nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) (Sumo); (5) wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out; (P) #14,425 [Add to Longdo] |
| コスモ | [kosumo] (n) cosmos; (P) #14,729 [Add to Longdo] |
| 鉄砲(P);鉄炮 | [てっぽう, teppou] (n) (1) gun; (2) wooden pole that sumo wrestlers strike in practice (practise); (3) (col) (See 河豚) fugu; (P) #14,826 [Add to Longdo] |
| 全勝 | [ぜんしょう, zenshou] (n, vs, adj-no) complete victory; winning the sumo tournament with no losses; (P) #15,120 [Add to Longdo] |
| 別物 | [べつもの, betsumono] (n) another thing; exception; special case #15,352 [Add to Longdo] |
| 関脇 | [せきわけ, sekiwake] (n) sumo wrestler of the third highest rank; (P) #15,484 [Add to Longdo] |
| 開発元 | [かいはつもと, kaihatsumoto] (n) { comp } (See 発売元) developer; (software) development agency; (P) #15,991 [Add to Longdo] |
| 休場 | [きゅうじょう, kyuujou] (n, vs) (1) theater closure; theatre closure; stage absence; (2) (sumo) wrestler's absence from the tournament; (P) #16,124 [Add to Longdo] |
| 国技 | [こくぎ, kokugi] (n) national sport (e.g. sumo); (P) #16,348 [Add to Longdo] |
| 手形 | [てがた, tegata] (n) (1) draft; draught; promissory note; (2) signed hand-print (sumo); (P) #16,736 [Add to Longdo] |
| 四股 | [しこ, shiko] (n) sumo wrestler ceremonial leg raising and stomping #17,532 [Add to Longdo] |
| 千秋楽 | [せんしゅうらく, senshuuraku] (n) concluding festivities; final day of a sumo tournament; concluding program; concluding programme; (P) #17,572 [Add to Longdo] |
